UNION OF SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION, UPBRINGING, SCIENCE, AND CULTURE OF BIH SARAJEVO CANTON HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF BIH

SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 30 (ONASA) – On the occasion of the situation in which the workers of the National University Library of BiH find themselves, we call on all political parties, especially those who are in a position, to engage as much as possible and solve the resulting ¨hostage crisis¨. 
The culprits for this situation are all the politicians who were part of the government at the state and federal level from Dayton until today, because the problem of NUB and six other cultural institutions at the state level has not been solved in the past 29 years. The situation in which today’s hard-working, educated and highly skilled workers, who protect and enable the use of the national treasure of our country, is such that it can only be described as a hostage crisis.
We invite the representatives of the executive authority to organize a meeting with the president of the NUB BiH Employee Council and to sign an agreement with clear steps to resolve this situation/agony. Otherwise, work stoppages and protests can be expected, because working without pay in 2024 does not exist even in those countries that are in every way far from a state that aspires to join the EU.
The cantonal committee of SSVOONK BiH of the Sarajevo Canton, which also represents the workers of 12 public institutions in the field of culture in the Sarajevo Canton, in solidarity with the workers of the NUB, will be available for any type of assistance. (end)